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In Reply to: I wish I knew how to sort it out ! posted by Bambi B on December 12, 2006 at 10:57:35:
Bambi -Westinghouse made receiving tubes in Elmira, NY until the late 1960's - after that they were just rebranders. To make matters worse, several dealers were licensed to brand and market Westinghouse tubes until about 1990, one in New York City (they also branded Dumont tubes) and another in Elmira, NY.
Both were large buyers of both OEM and surplus tubes during that period, buying fron Unity Electronices (Elizabeth, NJ) and others As a result, the "it could be anything" comment is right on the mark. Fortunately chinese tubes came on the market towards the end of the WL reign, so most were USSR, Euro or USA made - but theur pedigree nevertheless suspect,
TUBOS
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